Hashish from Morocco

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) seized almost one tonne of hashish in an incident in May at the Port of Montreal.

Eight-hundred and fifty-eight kilograms of the drug were intercepted on May 16, according to the CBSA, from a container arriving from Morocco.

The agency announced the seizure Monday morning.

The drugs, which were concealed in a box of ceramic tiles, were found as officers spotted a difference in the x-ray scans of numerous boxes.

“The first boxes were X-rayed and, following examination of a number of boxes, a border services officer noticed a difference in colour on the screen in one of the boxes,” wrote the CBSA in a press release. Upon further examination, officers also saw that some tiles were thicker than the others.